Tom a' Chòinich
Tom a' Chòinich is a mountain in Glen Affric in the Scottish Highlands. It is a Munro and less than 1 kilometre to the west is the Munro Top Tom a' Chòinich Beag. In Gaelic, Tom a' Chòinich means "mossy hillock". Its prominence is with its parent peak, Càrn Eige, about to the west. This mountain should not be confused with the Munro Top also called Tom a' Chòinnich near Ben Wyvis but which is usually spelled slightly differently.
Although the mountain can be climbed from Glen Cannich, an approach from Glen Affric is more straightforward using a path that goes northwest from the north shore of the Loch Beinn a' Mheadhoin following Gleann nam Fiadh upstream. This path crosses Bealach Toll Easa which used to be the pass on the route from Affric Lodge to Benula Lodge before the latter was inundated by the creation of the reservoir at Loch Mullardoch. The southeast ridge is more direct but it is rocky at its lower levels.Citations
